Israeli police arrest 10 following weekend attacks by settlers on journalist and diplomats
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Settler violence has surged in recent years, and rights groups say that attackers are rarely arrested or punished for attacks on Palestinians.
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Israeli authorities arrested eight suspects in an ongoing operation investigating weekend settler attacks in the West Bank, including assaults on Palestinian olive harvesters, Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine and European diplomats.
TEL AVIV, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Israeli police said on Monday they had arrested 10 suspects as part of an investigation into violent incidents in theoccupied-West Bank over the weekend, including separate attacks on a Washington Post photojournalist and European diplomats.
TEL AVIV, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Israeli police said on Monday they had arrested eight suspects as part of an investigation into violent incidents in the West Bank over the weekend, including attacks on an American photojournalist and European diplomats in separate incidents.
Israeli police made the arrests following attacks on a US journalist and European diplomats in the occupied West Bank. Israeli human rights group Yesh Din has reported at least 170 settler attacks since September 27.
By Oren Liebermann, Tal Shalev, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Amid US pressure on a surge of settler violence in the occupied West Bank, Israeli police arrested at least 10 suspects in the weekend attacks on a Washington Post journalist and an entourage of European diplomats.
Israeli police arrested 10 people in connection with attacks on an American photojournalist and foreign diplomats by West Bank settlers, an incident that’s stoked European and US calls for a crackdown.
Israeli police say they arrested 10 people over alleged Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians and a U.S. journalist as more attacks on Palestinians are reported.
Israeli police said Monday they had arrested 10 people in the occupied West Bank after settler attacks on an American photographer and a French mayor that drew international condemnation but mixed messages from the government.
Israeli police did not identify the suspects or specify their roles in the attacks, which came during a spike in settler violence during the annual Palestinian olive harvest season.
Israeli police said they detained at least 10 Israelis on Monday after recent attacks in the West Bank in which Palestinians were assaulted during the annual olive harvest, along with a U.S. citizen and European diplomats.
Move comes after US photojournalist and group of European diplomats and Palestinians were assaulted in separate attacks Israeli police have detained 10 people in a rare raid against settlers, after a weekend of extreme violence in the occupied West Bank including an attack on US photojournalist Heid…
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